1. Just War Theory
... recognized rules of jus in bello. 1. Discrimination. Soldiers are only entitled to target those who are, in Walzer's words, "engaged in harm." Thus, when they take aim, soldiers must discriminate between the civilian population, which is morally immune from direct and intentional attack, and those legitimate military, political and industrial targets involved in rights-violating harm. ... While some collateral civilian casualties are excusable, it is wrong to take deliberate aim at civilian targets. An example would be saturation bombing of residential areas. 2. (Micro-) Proportionality...
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